President Donald J. Trump Proclaims January 2018 as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month

During National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, we recommit ourselves to eradicating the evil of enslavement. Human trafficking is a modern form of the oldest and most barbaric type of exploitation. It has no place in our world. This month we do not simply reflect on this appalling reality. We also pledge to do all in our power to end the horrific practice of human trafficking that plagues innocent victims around the world.

Trafficking In Persons Report

Lorraine Waddill Co-Chair,

Human Trafficking/Domestic Violence Committee

January 13, 2018

Secretary of State Tillerson said in the Trafficking In Persons Report for June 2017 that the focus was on the responsibility of governments to criminalize human trafficking and hold offenders accountable. The following comments and facts are taken from that report. This gives a State Department overview of Trafficking in Humans by explanation of a few highlights.

Virginia Women’s Monument:
Voices from the Garden

The Twelve Bronze Statues and Their Stories

The twelve women chosen to be depicted as bronze statues in the Virginia Women’s Monument represent women from all corners of the Commonwealth, both widely celebrated women, as well as those with previously unknown, but equally important, stories.